Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-09-03
Married wou,co.. Nickaames.


AuDI.o<s IhEIE WIVES.
When lounger ON The yeTandi OF one OF the big
hotels at tiils place. says Saratoga correspondent
OF the New York .,,tn, hears man say "iiurry 10.
little one" or "COme along, birdie he may De su re-
that 1t /, husband addressing his wife, and That
she Is enormou ly fat. Apparently all husbands
OF fat women address their wives with dimfDu.
tives, II not with ntcknames nt only for SIN IL
women or little girls. Daisy" "Biriie," and
"Baby" appear to be the pet names most favored
by the husbands OF mammoth women. In mi ,
haven OF con1uxai rest, for Saratoga is di,tinc-
veDiences and attra lions for lovers than any
place In America, one gets d ep knowledge Of
the ways OF weddei folk. This matter Oh nick
nahies for wives l. one Of the most interesting
studies. To pur5ue his br ach OF learning Il is
only necessary to sit for n aour or TWO, on any
Afternoon, While the music Is playing In the inner
arden either OF the Uni, states Hotel or OF the
Grand Union. All Ia. rest tle married cou Die,
will d for the student They will talk ung,l trd-
edy In his hearing, and he will soon no able TO
classify he coup.es and tae pet names for certain
names go with certain sorts OF couples as In
iAllibiy as pie g,ea win supper in New Enelann.
men, who dreos vainU and seek TO give the Inn
preston that they bipng To the +. G.. d. c.. dance
at Deimonico's and anew ali tue fellows who
have yachts call their wives with monOsylla b!es
su;a as Puss, chris. hen, Fan, Loo. Tot There
seems to be only one marked exception In the
list. You often hear one Of these wives ca led
"Popsy." There two Popsies ~ the states aud
there Is one at the unlon o1dly enough, the
that you can't say whether they are forty-1vr Or
sixty-lve are fond OF drawing out the iull names
OF their hslpmeets' as for instance, '.Come heah,
Frarnees., or: "Now. my deah Eleanor.
the rule that thin and sickly Women, ayspep 70
ties neuralgtcs. and the like, are addressed BY
their hege lords As wife, madame or Misses Thomp-
son, Misses Brown, or whatever. The invalid aus
bands, and all the prim and precise once as well.
address their better halves as ''lny dear" This
by the way, Is the established custom with the
Hebrews. though they usually are heard to pro-
seem to have united upon the word "mother" as a
tile for their wives, aud the men who are SO com.
mon here and VINO seem he 70 De up in
Other nicknameS resist classification thus far.
though perhaps the key TO all can be found by
diligent application. There is no end TO the
their comrades as "petI One u, a1Hses S1ts
wife Is gradually becoming known to every
Nickname her husband calls oSt ssidou sae
and loudly all day In the parlors and on the
promenades The temptation for others to call
her sugar Is g growing painful mi she is not the
is a dimpled brunette who answers TO her hus-
band as '-Sweety;" and yesterday q very prtln-
looking wife somewhat the shape OF board.
crowd at the spring In Congress Park. II may
be an oversight, but there does not seem to be
, . darling" In town. A rudy -faced corpulent
brought 10 in the STOCK Exchange, always ad.
dresses his wife as vPrecious," and In the same
hotel hotel ., husband who appears 70 hail from ne
west repnes 70 nis VIE Win YES Pigeon IAN
something about the wifes appearance or manner.
or perhaps II Is her shape that renders this oldest
Of nieknames peculiarly appropriate The young
down on their upper lips are fond OF pointing out
'Sugar" to ali their acQuaintances aud in another
week they win doubtless add pigeon" to Their